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Figure 6-8<br />

Tier 1 Common Equity Ratios for U.S. Banks by Bank Size, 2001–2016<br />

Percent of Risk-Weighted Assets<br />

16<br />

14<br />

12<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

Less Than<br />

$50 Billion in Assets<br />

$50–500 Billion in<br />

Assets<br />

Greater Than<br />

$500 Billion in Assets<br />

2016:Q2<br />

0<br />

2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016<br />

Note: Shading denotes recession. Includes data for U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs) and "standalone"<br />

banks not controlled by a BHC, but not savings bank holding companies, branches and agencies of<br />

foreign banks, or nonbanks that are not held by a U.S. BHC.<br />

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Haver Analytics.<br />

that they will not run out of cash, or liquidity, during times of financial<br />

stress. In September 2014, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency<br />

(OCC), the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation<br />

(FDIC) finalized a rule that mandates minimum Liquidity Coverage Ratios<br />

(LCR) to be consistent with Basel III for large banks and BHCs. LCR is the<br />

ratio of a bank’s high-quality liquid assets to its projected cash outflows during<br />

a 30-day stress period. The Federal Reserve defines high quality liquid<br />

assets as assets that a bank can easily convert into cash within 30 days such<br />

as central bank reserves and government or corporate debt. Mandating a<br />

higher LCR will reduce the likelihood that banks face a short-term liquidity<br />

crisis.<br />

To improve the longer-term funding resilience of banks, the three<br />

regulatory agencies proposed a rule in May 2016 to require large banks and<br />

BHCs to have a Net Stable Funding Ratio of at least 1. This ratio is calculated<br />

by assigning scores to each type of funding based on the price “stability”<br />

of the funding source. Equity capital and long-term deposits earn higher<br />

scores, while very short-term funding (such a repurchase agreements) earn<br />

the lowest score. They then calculate the bank’s required amount of stable<br />

funding based on the quality and stability of its assets. Banks must maintain<br />

the ratio of their available stable funding to required level of stable funding<br />

at a specified level, thus lowering their liquidity risk profiles.<br />

376 | Chapter 6

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